KO vs TKO

[ORANGEY]

I reckon that the TKO can seriously misrepresent a fighters power. I'm not saying a boxer should be made to continue if hes wobbly or taking a massive beatdown, and I'm not suggesting that a TKO should not be considered a KO. I just look at fighters like Khan who have "knocked out" 14 of 19 opponents, yet in reality each of those 14 have beat the count. Breidis Prescott, on the contrary, has literally hurt 14 guys enough that they were unable to stand up given 10 seconds. Joe Calzaghe is another abuser of the TKO victory, and when you think about his style, (fast hands and a high workrate) I can see why many refs pull his opponents away from the blizzard of punches. Personally I don't think Joe is much of a puncher though, despite having 32 knockouts of 45, only 2 of those were truly blown from their senses (in the first round admitedly). A TKO seems to compliment power but if your popping a guys head in every direction, and he keeps standing, only to be pulled by the referee, maybe the power aint there. Having read the post over, it does seem slightly incoherent but **** it, its my first thread. Anyone see were im coming from?

[Thread Stealer]

To an extent, it's true. Floyd Mayweather is an accumulation/accuracy puncher, at least when he stepped up the opposition, and pretty much all his stoppage wins once he became champ were by TKO.

But sometimes a guy's power can show by the TKO because the guy keeps falling down from the other guy's power, or gets so messed up from the shots that he can't continue, but hasn't taken a 10 count (Tyson against Berbick, Holmes, Savarese, Bruno, etc...). Or if the guy is so gone, that the ref stops the count before 10, because it's obvious he can't get up (Ruddock-Dokes, Hearns-Duran).

I hate when refs count to 10 when it's obvious the guy is out. Just end the fight and get the doctor in.

This is a KO, as Steele counted to 10. I don't know why Brock-Lawrence is classified as a KO, since Nady stopped the count at zero.

[squealpiggy]

If a guy is out cold ****ed up on the canvas that's a TKO. If a guy's face is cut so badly they are in danger of losing their eye that's a TKO. If a guy falls through the ropes but trips getting back into the ring that's a KO.

Basically a stoppage is a stoppage and a TKO can be just as big a win as a KO.